Stephen Petranek: 10 ways the world could end
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http://www.ted.com How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid? Eco-collapse? How about a particle collider gone wild? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's lea... Read more
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- -: Stephen Petranek: 10 ways the world could end
October 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid? Eco-collapse? How about a particle collider gone wild? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performan...
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- -: Laurie Garrett: What can we learn from the 1918 flu?
April 30, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: Hans Rosling on HIV: New facts and stunning data visuals
May 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hans Rosling unveils new data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world's deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. He argues that preventing transmissions -- not drug treatments -- is the key to ending the epidemic. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: President Obama on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)The President announced new commitments to fight AIDS in the US at the "The Beginning of the End" event sponsored by the ONE and (Red) campaigns. December 1, 2011.
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- -: Charlie Rose - Contagion (09/14/11)
September 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)A look at 'Contagion' with director Steven Soderbergh, screenwriter Scott Z. Burns and Dr. W. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University www.CharlieRose.com
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- -: Gary Slutkin: Disrupting Violence
June 14, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)In 1995, epidemiologist Gary Slutkin decided to turn years of experience fighting infectious diseases overseas to his hometown of Chicago, that faced its own violence epidemic. He founded Ceasefire, an organization that reduces violence through behavioral change strategies. At the PopTech Chicago...
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- -: Why Older People Have Greater Immunity to Swine Flu
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Peter Palese, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Mt. Sinai, explains the current Viruss direct derivation from that which arose in 1918, the natural herd immunity that all humans share against it, and the reasons why the elderly stand at a lesser r...
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- -: Discovering the HIV/AIDS Drug "Cocktail" in an Equation
May 5, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)(http://bigthink.com/series/36) This pioneering AIDS researcher used high school math to make a drug "cocktail" to fight the worldwide epidemic.
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- -: Melissa Greene - Africa, AIDS, and Adoption
December 15, 2006 (over 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=499 Author Melissa Fay Greene discusses the role of adoption in relieving the effects of Africa's ongoing AIDS epidemic. ----- Melissa Fay Greene talks about "There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children." ...
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- -: Marketing Junk Food to Kids - Marion Nestle
November 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/14/Marion_Nestle_What_to_Eat NYU nutritionist Dr. Marion Nestle examines the controversial food industry practice of creating advertising directed at children. ----- Marion Nestle, NYU Professor of Nutrition and author of Food Politics, Safe Food, and ...
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